| Your stomach pH acid level should be 1.0 to 3.0 so that | | | | other amino acids are needed to produce the |
| it can properly digest or break apart meat into it amino | | | | neurotransmitters "serotonin and "norepinephrine." |
| acids. Any thing that disturbs these pH levels also | | | | Neurotransmitters are chemical impulses that brain cells |
| affects the absorption of amino acids in your stomach. | | | | uses to communicate between each other. Lack |
| Here's how the stomach creates the acid to digest | | | | of these neurotransmitters has been associated with |
| protein. The main digestive enzyme that breaks | | | | depression and other emotional illness. |
| apart meat is call pepsin. There are certain stomach | | | | Antidepressant drugs, such as Prozac, Serzone, or |
| lining cells called "chief cells" that secrete pepsinogen. | | | | Zoloft raise the level of serotonin giving you a feeling |
| This pepsinogen is converted to pepsin with the help of | | | | of well-being. |
| HCl or stomach acid. | | | | In Doctor Jonathan V. Wright, who wrote, "Why |
| As your stomach acid pH increases, the amount of | | | | Stomach Acid Is Good For You", practice, he found |
| pepsin you create decreases. When your stomach | | | | that when he tested and found people who had low |
| pH is higher than 5.0, no pepsin is created. You have | | | | blood levels of amino acids and had depression, taking |
| difficulty digesting protein. | | | | amino acids help relieve depression in 50% of his |
| Antacids and pharmaceutical drugs increase stomach | | | | cases. Ant depressive drugs have a history of 50% |
| pH and decrease the creation of pepsin. | | | | effectiveness. |
| HCl is secreted from stomach lining cells called "parietal | | | | What all this means is, if you have depression, you can |
| cells." These cells have a way of secreting HCl acid | | | | experiment with a self-cure by taking digestive |
| through a so called "proton pump." Many drugs are | | | | enzymes, which contain HCl acid and pepsin, during |
| designed to shut down these "proton pumps", which | | | | meals. In addition, if you are taking antacids or |
| result in less stomach acid. Less stomach acid | | | | heartburn drugs, back off from using them but consult |
| creates less pepsin. | | | | with your doctor before doing this. This will help you |
| Less pepsin in the stomach digests less protein in the | | | | digest and breakdown protein in their individual amino |
| stomach. And, any meat or protein source you eat | | | | acids. |
| does not breakdown into specific absorbable amino | | | | The result of this is to provide your intestines with |
| acids that you need to prevent depression. | | | | absorbable amino acids that will help to cure and |
| The amino acids tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine and | | | | prevent depression. |